CAMPILLO/SHUMENOV FACT SHEET AND PRESSER QUOTES

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FACT SHEET

WHEN: Saturday, August 15, 2009

WHERE: Sport Complex “Daulet” National Tennis Center in Astana, Kazakhstan

WHAT: World Championship Boxing featuring the sanctioned World Boxing Association light heavyweight championship between defending champion Gabriel Campillo and undefeated challenger Beibut Shumenov.

WBA Officials: Supervisor – Guy Jutras (Canada); Referee – Steve Smoger (United States); Judges – Glenn Feldman (United States), John Coyle (United Kingdom) and Pasquale Procopio (Canada).

WHO: WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS

GABRIEL “Chico Guapo” CAMPILLO BEIBUT SHUMENOV

WBA Light Heavyweight Champion IBA Light Heavyweight Champion/Rated WBA #9

Madrid, Spain Las Vegas, Nevada by way of Kazakhstan

18-2 (6 KOs) 8-0 (6 KOs)

WBC ABCO & PABA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS

CO-FEATURE – 12 ROUNDS

DOUGLAS “Daggy” OTIENO GAYRAT AHMEDOV

Former ECAPBF Super Middleweight Champion 4-Time Uzbekistan National Amateur Champion

Nairobi, Kenya Andijan, Uzbekistan

19-1, 9 KOs 11-0-1 (7 KOs)

8 ROUNDS – LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS

“Jessie” JAMES KIMORI DEMARCUS “Chop Chop” CORLEY

Dangerous Opponent Former WBO Light Welterweight Champion

Nairobi, Kenya Washington D.C., USA

11-1 (7 KOs) 34-11 (20 KOs)

6 ROUNDS – LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS

JOSEPH “Mish” MIYUMO RAVSHAN HUDAYNAZAROV

Former ECAPBF Lightweight Champion 2007 World Military Games Gold Medalist

Nairobi, Kenya Andijan, Uzbekistan

30-7-5 (17 KOs) 8-0 (5 KOs)

6 ROUNDS – CRUISERWEIGHTS

MIRZOHID JIANBAEV JAMESON BOSTIC

Andijan, Uzbekistan Brooklyn, NY, USA

1-7 (0 KOs) 16-3 (8 KOs)

4 ROUNDS – HEAVYWEIGHTS

EMIL ABISHKAEV DOSZHAN OSPANOV

Andijan, Kyrgyzstan Chimkent, Kazakhstan

0-7 Pro Debut

4 ROUNDS – SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS

MURATJAN KURBANOV ABZAL ADAMBAEV

Tashkent, Uzbekistan Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Pro Debut Pro Debut

TELEVISION: Taped live and airing worldwide within a few weeks

PROMOTER: KZ Event Productions in association with Sampson Boxing, LLC.

PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Beibut Shumenov: “I’m not into saying too many words before a fight. I’ve prepared well and I’m very happy. I’m proud to be representing my country and fighting for the WBA world title. In this case, I want to thank Gabriel for taking the fight and giving me this opportunity. I also want to thank him for coming here to fight in my country.”

Chingis Shumenov (co-promoter): “We are very proud that we are organizing this WBA World title fight in Kazakhstan to showcase our beautiful country to the world. We just started our company in 2007 and now we are promoting a World title fight. We hope to make history with our event on Saturday.”

Gabriel Campillo: “I want to thank everyone for treating me so well in this country. I think Beibut is very smart fighter. I think it’s going to be a very interesting fight.”

Sampson Lewkowicz (Campillo’s promoter): “The WBA has fully sanctioned Saturday night’s fight between my champion, Gabriel Campillo, and a very tough challenger, Beibut Shumenov. Any claims regarding Campillo, other than Sampson Boxing being his exclusive promoter, are totally false. He will be fighting Shumenov this Saturday night and together we’re putting Kazakhstan on the boxing map.”

Gayrat Ahmedov: “When I started boxing professionally, I didn’t have a promoter until 2009, when I signed with KZ Event Productions. I’m very happy because they’re giving me an opportunity to fight for titles. They’re really looking out for us. I wish Beibut good luck.”

KZ Event Productions, Inc.

Based in Las Vegas, KZ Event Productions is owned by the Shumenov brothers, world-rated light heavyweight Beibut and Chingis. KZ Event Productions is a full service, international boxing promotional company. Go to www.kzeventproductions.com for more information about the company.

-KZ-